- advanced-52
English Grammar / Incomplete Sentences / Advanced level # 52 (Answer Keys)
Verbal Test
A1 In some 19th century novels you see the very poor conditions people lived in that can only be described as
abject misery.
answer: (d) abject
A2 Television can give you a very good idea of how people live in different countries as it can depict scenes from
every day life.
answer: (b) depict
A3 This is a sort of shortened version of what happened and has been abbreviated to fit into the newspaper.
answer: (c) abbreviated
A4 It was quite obvious from the secretive manner in which he left the shop and the furtive looks he kept giving
that he hadn't paid for the items of clothing.
answer: (a) furtive
A5 It was a remarkable performance because the actor seemed to convey the whole range of human emotions ,
what you might call the complete gamut from beginning to end.
answer: (d) gamut
A6 The telephone connection was very poor and we only heard a garbled account of what the reporter was
describing.
answer: (d) garbled
A7 The teacher found it quite futile to try and teach the children because they refused to listen to a word she was
saying.
answer: (b) futile
A8 The university decided to give their benefactor an honorary degree because she had always been most
generous in her financial help.
answer: (c) benefactor
A9 I've no wish to disregard or belittle your achievements but I think you could have done much more.
answer: (a) belittle
A10 His attempt to make fun of the situation was considered to be in bad taste and facetious in the extreme.
answer: (d) facetious
